Oil-burner.



J. M. BELL.

OIL BURNEB.

APPLIOATION MLM IEBJ, 1911.

Patented May 9, 1911.

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JOSEPH M. BELL, OF FRANKFORT, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-FOURTH TO FLOYDE E.EICHELBERGER, OF WASHINGTON COURT-HOUSE, OHIO.

OIL-BURNER.

Application filed February 1, 1911.

Speefication of Letters Patent.

Patetod May 9, 1911.

Serial No. 605,972.

T 0 all whom 'it may conccrn:

Be it known that I, .Tosurn M. BELL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Frankfort, in the county of Ross and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Oil-Burners, of whichthe following is a specification, reference being had therein to theaccompanying drawing.

This nvention relates to oil burners and the principal object of thesame is to provide the bottom of the burner with a track which will leadoil and thus cause the fiame to be more evenly distributed.

This invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein:-

Figure 1 is a perspective View of the burner. Fig. 2 is a top plan viewof the burner, With the plate removed. Fig. 3 is a longitudinalsectional View along the line 3-3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a View in sideelevation of the improved burner. Fig. 5 is a transverse sectional viewalong the line 5--5 of Fig. 1. Fg. 6 is an end view of the burner,portions of the burner being broken away to show the manner of holdingthe cap in place. Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the ca 3.

In the accompanying drawings the numeral 1 indicates the burner panwhich is in the slfpe of a trough having a box 2 at one end. The box andtrough have their sides provided with outer beveled faces 3 and 4 whichenables the trough to be seated in an ordinary cook stove, so that therewill be no danger of the trough getting out of position. The trough hasthe inner faces of its walls sloping toward the bottom (i, and the box 2is provided with a sloping front wall 7 which leads to the bottom 6 ofthe trough. A groove is formed in the bottom of the trough and in thefront wall of the box, the portion 8 of the groove in the bottom of thetrough being sinuous, as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The portion 9of the groove which is formed in the front wall 7 is straight andterninates in an enlarged spoon shaped well 10. The upper edge of thebox is provided with sockets 11 in the corners which receive the lugs 12formed upon the cap 13. The cap covers the box and is provided with aslot 14 which is positioned above the well 10, when the cap is in place.

In the operation of this improved burner the oil is fed through the slotl t into the well 10. From there the oil flows into the straight portion9 of the groove and follows the straight portion of the groove into thecurved portion S formed in the bottom of the trough. The oil is thus ledalong the entire length of the trough and as the groove in the trough issinuous the flame is evenly distributed over the whole width of thetrough and a larger heating surface is thus provided.

It will be noted that, if the front wall of the box were fiat, oildripping upon the wall would spread out and when lighted would result inthe fiame being confined almost entirely to the box. By the presentmethod, however, the oil is burned in the trough and is prevented fromsprcading out over the front wall.

What I claim is:

1. In an oil burner, a trough, and a box formed at one end of saidtrough and having a sloping front wall, said trough and box having anoil groove formcd in their bottom and front vall.

2. In an oil burne', a trough having a box formcd at one end, said boxhaving a sloping front wall, said trough and box having a groove formedin their bottom and front wall, the front wall of said box being furtherprovided with a well communicating with said groove.

3. Tn an oil burner, a trough having a box formed at one end, the bottomof said trough being provided with a sinuous groove, the front wall ofsaid box being provided with a well having a groove leading therefromand communicating with the groove formed in the bottom of said trough.

41-. In an oil burner` a trough having a box formed at one end` theupper edgc of said box being provided with a soelret in each frontcorner, a cap fitting upon the upper edge of said box and provided witha slot leading from its front edge, lugs' forned upon said cap andpositioned in said sockets, the bottom of said trough and the front wallof said box being provided In testmony Whereof I hereunto affix mysignature n presence of two wtnesses.

JOSEPH M. BELL.

With ol gudng means ternnatng beneath said slot.

5. In an ol burner, a trough having a box formed at one end, the outerfaces of said trough and box being beveled, and the bottom of saidtrough and the front Wall of said box being provided With an ol groove.

XVtnesses:

ELIAs E. PRIOE, JOHN T. CURRY.

Copies of this patent may be obtaine for five cents each, by addressingthe "Commissoner of Patents,

Washington, D. C."

